HOME RUNS: BAL - CHRIS RICHARD (5) OFF O HERNANDEZ IN THE 4TH,
2 ON
GREG MYERS (3) OFF O HERNANDEZ IN THE 8TH, 1
ON
JEFF CONINE (4) OFF M RIVERA IN THE 11TH, 2 ON
NYY - PAUL ONEILL (9) OFF KOHLMEIER IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Orioles made beating
the New York Yankees for the first time this season a lot
tougher than it needed to be.

After Paul O'Neill's two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the
ninth inning tied it, the Orioles exploded for five runs against
Mariano Rivera in the 11th and finally posted a victory over the
three-time defending world champions, 10-5.

"Any time you beat the Yankees, you feel good about it because
they make you work for everything you get," Orioles manager Mike
Hargrove said. "Today was no exception. Paul O'Neill really
proved that today."

Derek Jeter, who won Saturday's game with an eighth-inning
homer, bobbled a potential double-play grounder that could have
ended the top of the 11th, opening the door for Baltimore to
pound Rivera (1-3).

"I just didn't make the play. There's no excuse for that,"
Jeter said. "We had a chance to win this game and we didn't win
it."

After Brook Fordyce scored what would stand as the winning run,
Mike Kinkade delivered an RBI single and Jeff Conine blasted a
1-2 pitch over the left-center field wall, his fourth homer of
the year to give the Orioles a five-run cushion.

"It seems no matter what kind of lead or situation you have in
this place, they always come back and give you a tough fight at
the end," Conine said.

The five runs allowed by Rivera were his most in a relief
appearance.

"It probably won't be the last time," said Rivera. "It's one of
those days and what can I say. I felt good and sometimes you
feel good and it's going to be your worst day."

Ironically, Jeter grounded out to end the game as B.J. Ryan
(2-0) picked up a victory with two strong innings of relief.

"What happened yesterday has nothing to do with today, just like
tomorrow has nothing to do with today," Jeter added. "You can't
take one game to the next."

Baltimore defeated the Yankees for the first time in seven games
this season. After being swept in a four-game set at Camden
Yards last weekend, they had given up 22 runs in the first two
days of this series.

Then, just one out from victory on Sunday, Ryan Kohlmeier
surrendered O'Neill's ninth homer of the campaign into the
right-center field bleachers. Kohlmeier had walked Chuck
Knoblauch earlier in the inning.

"It kinda took the wind out of us," Ryan said. "You just try to
block it out. We played very good, hitting the home runs and
pitching good in spot situations. A win is a win, but against
these guys it's good. It makes for an easier ride home."

The Orioles also rallied from a deficit. After New York took a
3-0 lead in the third, Chris Richard reached Orlando Hernandez
for a three-run homer in the fourth to tie it. Greg Myers'
two-run shot in the eighth put the Orioles ahead.

Hernandez is winless in seven starts this season.

Jose Mercedes produced the best performance of his eight starts
for the Orioles, allowing three runs and nine hits over 6 2/3
innings. He struck out three without walking a batter.